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Beth E. Schneider

Bio: Beth E. Schneider is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Workplace harassment & Harassment. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 224 citations.

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the causes of sexual abuse in children and the role of the law in child sexual abuse, and the gender gap among perpetrators of Child Sexual Abuse.
Abstract: PART ONE: RAPE: PREVALENCE, SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS The Incidence and Prevalence of Rape Male Rape and Female Rapists Social Characteristics of Rape Victims and Rapists Psychological Chararcteristics of Rapists PART TWO: THE CAUSES OF RAPE Factors Creating a Predisposition to Rape Factors Reducing Internal Inhibitions Against Rape Factors Reducing Social Inhibitions Against Rape Factors Reducing Potential Victim's Ability to Avoid Rape PART THREE: CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE: PREVALENCE AND THE LAW Child Sexual Abuse and the Law The Incidence and Prevalence of Child Sexual Abuse The Gender Gap Among Perpetrators of Child Sexual Abuse PART FOUR: THE CAUSES OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE Factors Creating Sexual Feelings Toward Children Factors Reducing Internal Inhibitions Against Child Sexual Abuse Factors Reducing Social Inhibitions Against Child Sexual Abuse PART FIVE: SEXUAL HARASSMENT Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Conclusion

22 citations


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Judith Lorber1
01 Jan 1994
TL;DR: Lorber as discussed by the authors argues that gender is a product of socialization, subject to human agency, organization, and interpretation, and that it is a social institution comparable to the economy, the family, and religion in its significance and consequences.
Abstract: In this innovative book, a well-known feminist and sociologist-who is also the founding editor of Gender & Society-challenges our most basic assumptions about gender. Judith Lorber argues that gender is wholly a product of socialization, subject to human agency, organization, and interpretation, and that it is a social institution comparable to the economy, the family, and religion in its significance and consequences. Calling into question the inevitability and necessity of gender, she envisions a society structured for equality, where no gender, racial ethnic, or social class group is allowed to monopolize positions of power.

1,642 citations

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TL;DR: The authors deconstructs and reconstructs the story text from a feminist perspective, examining what it says, what it does not say, and what it might have said, suggesting that organizational efforts to help women have suppressed gender conflict and reified false dichotomies between public and private realms of endeavor.
Abstract: This paper begins with a story told by a corporation president to illustrate what his organization was doing to “help” women employees balance the demands of work and home. The paper deconstructs and reconstructs this story text from a feminist perspective, examining what it says, what it does not say, and what it might have said. This analysis reveals how organizational efforts to “help women” have suppressed gender conflict and reified false dichotomies between public and private realms of endeavor, suggesting why it has proven so difficult to eradicate gender discrimination in organizations. Implications of a feminist perspective for organizational theory are discussed.

584 citations

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TL;DR: Rudman et al. as discussed by the authors described the literature on backlash effects in organizations and outlined an impression-management dilemma that women face and described the potential moderators of backlash effects and the role that backlash plays in maintaining cultural stereotypes.

500 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, it is argued that lesbians can feel "out of place" in environments such as the workplace or hotels, because these spaces are organised and appropriated by heterosexuals and so express and reproduce asymmetrical sociosexual relations.
Abstract: Heterosexuality is the dominant sexuality in modern Western culture, However, it is not defined merely by sexual acts in private space but is a process of power relations which operates in most everyday environments. In this paper, therefore, the author explores how lesbians perceive and experience everyday spaces. It is argued that lesbians can feel ‘out of place’ in environments such as the workplace or hotels, because these spaces are organised and appropriated by heterosexuals and so express and reproduce asymmetrical sociosexual relations. Consideration is also given to the way heterosexual hegemony is reproduced and expressed in space through antigay discrimination and violence. In the conclusion, the author explores the way in which fear of disclosure and antigay abuse inhibit the expression of lesbian and gay sexualities in everyday spaces and so feed the spatial supremacy of heterosexuality.

495 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose that sexual harassment is motivated by the harasser's desire to protect or enhance his or her own sex-based status, a desire that stems from the fact that social status is stratified by a system of gender hierarchy.
Abstract: I conceptualize sex-based harassment as behavior that derogates an individual based on sex. I propose that sex-based harassment is fundamentally motivated by the harasser's desire to protect or enhance his or her own sex-based status, a desire that stems from the fact that social status is stratified by a system of gender hierarchy. This theory explains currently identified forms of sexual harassment and predicts others, including nonsexual harassment between women.

348 citations